Job overview
Exciting opportunities to work in the Oxford Cancer Centre @ Oxford!
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Therapeutic Radiographers to join our friendly and welcoming team at the Oxford Cancer Centre.
Our equipment refresh programme is well underway with two Varian Halcyons & Trubeams, with Hyperarc already installed and the rest of equipment being installed over the coming months to include Siemens GoSim Radiotherapy CT scanners with auto-contouring software and another TrueBeams with DoF couches and RGSC.
Patients are at the heart of what we do, and we are looking for Therapeutic Radiographers who can deliver excellent care with compassion and respect. We deliver a range of techniques including IMRT, VMAT, DIBH, IGRT, complex SABR, SRS/SRT, TBI.
We offer a comprehensive induction and preceptorship programme and as soon as you have at least months experience after qualifying, you can undertake our Link Progression Programme to Band – on successful completion of the programme, you are automatically promoted to Band !
As a department we are proud of our strong culture of learning, education, and support. Our Practice Educator team can assist with professional development opportunities, and we strongly encourage all Radiographers to get involved in project, audit and research work. There is access to CPD funding for both academic modules and conferences.
Main duties of the job
Work as a member of the team of Radiographers covering all sections of the department including mould room, CT scanning, virtual simulation and contouring, delivery of a wide range of both simple and complex treatment and IGRT techniques
Liaising with the multidisciplinary team.
Assist with the day-to-day organisation of a treatment unit to ensure an efficient service is delivered and workload targets are achieved.
Supervise, support & teach junior members of staff and students.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.